bleached
/bliːt͡ʃt/adjective, verb
bleached is spelled B-L-E-A-C-H-E-D: 8 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bleached means “Whitened; made white using bleach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bleached?
| Letters | 8: B-L-E-A-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bleached?
Bleached appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bleached?
- /bliːt͡ʃt/
Bleached has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-bleached.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bleached
- more bleached comparative
- most bleached superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bleached mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Whitened; made white using bleach
bleached cotton
- 2
Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
- 3
Having the hair or skin lightened by bleaching.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of bleach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate bleached?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of bleached: RBD.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).